From A Boxcar Door Recorded by Boxcar Willie Written by Lecil Travis Martin
G I've seen the 'gators and the skeeters D7 Down in the swamps of Louisian
I've seen the Painted Desert G I've traveled across Texas burning sand
I've seen the great Rocky Mountains G7 C That reach up where the mighty eagle soars D7 You know big or small I've seen it all G From a boxcar door
I've seen those wheat fields out in Kansas D7 In Iowa I've watched the tall corn grow
Seen 'em picking fruit in Florida G Watched 'em digging taters up in Idaho
I've seen the factories in Detroit G7 C I've seen a small country general store D7 And big or small I've seen it all G From a boxcar door
I've seen the coal mines in Kentucky D7 I've seen the steel mills in Birmingham
I've seen the Appalachians seen the Hoover G And I've seen every other dam
I've seen the great Salt Lake in Utah G7 C I've heard the mighty Ni-agra roar D7 Yeah big or small I've seen it all G From a boxcar door
I've seen the great Potomac River
D7 The wide Missouri and the O-hi-o
I've seen the Colorado G I've watched the mighty Mississippi flow
I've seen the great Atlantic Ocean G7 C I've seen California's golden shore D7 You know big or small I've seen it all G From a boxcar door
I've seen the black man in the ghettos D7 On the reservation I've watched the Navajo
I've seen the migrant workers G In the fields from Maine down to Mexico
I've seen the rich man in his penthouse G7 C The shanties and the shacks of the poor D7 Yeah big or small I've seen it all G From a boxcar door
But my travels are not over D7 There's lots more that I've just gotta see
Every day's a new adventure G And I thank the Lord for letting me be free
When I hop aboard a boxcar G7 C And hear that mighty engine start to roar D7 You know big or small I'll see you all G From a boxcar door D7 G Yeah big or small I'll see you all from a boxcar door.